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Fox ridicules U.S.-Mexican border walls
2005-03-17
Mexican President Vicente Fox has denounced border walls the United States is building to stem illegal immigrants, the Washington Post reports.
It's not a wall - It's a "good neighbor fence". Now why don't you abide by it, asshole?
"No country that is proud of itself should build walls ... it doesn't make any sense," Fox told a Mexico City news conference. "We are convinced that walls don't work."
They keep your hordes at home - where you refuse to solve Mexico's problems...
He said it was impossible for Mexico to post military or police patrols along the entire border to prevent crossings. "We can't keep them against their will by force," he said.
Last month, the U.S. Congress voted to waive environmental regulations and allow completion of a fence along the border south of San Diego. Fox made the remark in advance of next week's meeting with President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in Crawford, Texas, where immigration issues will figure prominently.
If W learns anything, it should be that Vicente is no friend of America, and his policies spit on our sovereignty
Fox said the group would discuss ways to expand the success of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which went into effect in 1994. Some critics claim the pact has done little to alleviate poverty in Mexico, but Fox said Mexico's per capita income has doubled since 1995, from $3,100 to $6,505.
HT to Drudge
Posted by:Frank G

#6  tu3031, why can't you be our embassador to mexico? If only I was president... ;)
Posted by: Damn_Proud_American   2005-03-17 3:14:00 PM  

#5  "We are convinced that walls don’t work."

What's your take on minefields, Vincente?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-03-17 2:09:44 PM  

#4  Comparison to the Berlin Wall in 5...4...3...2...

Annex them, open the border...

We could call it New Las Angeles!

...convict the corrupt politicians, police, and drug lords

Oops, maybe not.
Posted by: BH   2005-03-17 2:01:26 PM  

#3  Mexican President Vicente Fox..

Leech.

Annex them, open the border,..

Uhhh, no.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-03-17 1:37:22 PM  

#2  He said it was impossible for Mexico to post military or police patrols along the entire border to prevent crossings.

That's because those that aren't protecting drug-runners or coytes, are on Mexico's southern border, beating on their own border-crossers.
Posted by: Pappy   2005-03-17 12:26:50 PM  

#1  Annex them, open the border, convict the corrupt politicians, police, and drug lords, authorize an independence vote in 10 years. Start talk like that and the idiots in the Foreign Ministry might take notice.
As long as the Mexican constitution prohibits non-Mexicans from owning property as individuals or corporations within Mexico the economy is going to stay in the hole. Its their xenophobic behavior and institutions that create their own problems.
Posted by: Snung Snuth2112   2005-03-17 12:21:30 PM  

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